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Schilb Antiquarian

Auction Info

Auction Name
Rare Books with NO Reserve, NO Buyer's Premium
Auction Date
05/11/2025 - 05/11/2025
Sale Number
#367982
Total Lots
104
Sold Lots
103
Lots Sold
99.04%
Unsold Lots
1
Total Sales (USD)
26,205.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
56,656.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
115,200.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
57,155.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
116,200.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
22.55%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
97 MILNE, A.A.

Winnie-the-Pooh

1926 USD 995.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,125.00
40 BALME, Joshua Rhodes

American States, Churches, and Slavery.

1862 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,000.00
19 JACOB, William

An historical inquiry into the production and consumption of the precious metals

1831 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 860.00
64 CARROLL, Lewis

Alices Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel

1881 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 700.00
78 WILLIAMSON, Mary L.

Life of Robert E. Lee, for children.

1895 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 700.00
89 KIPLING, Rudyard

The writings in prose and verse of Rudyard Kipling

1908-1919. USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 660.00
85 POE, Edgar Allan

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

1904 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 650.00
98 POE, Edgar Allan;

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.

1933 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 610.00
25 PATTERSON, A.W.

History of the backwoods, or, The region of the Ohio : authentic, from the earliest accounts, embracing many events, notices of prominent pioneers, sketches of early settlements

1843 USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 550.00
31 DEFOE, Daniel

The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe

1854 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 510.00
54 BROWN, John [edit.]

Browns self-interpreting family Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments ; to which are annexed an extensive introduction ; marginal references and illustrations

ca.1860-1875 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 455.00
100 HEMINGWAY, Ernest

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1940 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 430.00
59 TURNER, Joseph Mallord William

The Turner gallery; a series of...engravings

ca.1878 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
68 periodical

Journal des Demoiselles

1885 USD 795.00 - 1,600.00 USD 410.00
63 GRANT, James

Cassells old and new Edinburgh its history, its people and its places

1882 USD 599.00 - 1,200.00 USD 410.00
57 CARROLL, Lewis

The hunting of the snark: an agony in eight fits

1876 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 405.00
80 TWAIN, Mark

Following the equator, a journey around the world.

1897 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 390.00
21 BUFFON, Georges Louis Lecrec

OEuvres completes de Buffon avec les supplemens, augmentees de la classification de G Cuvier...

1835-36] USD 950.00 - 2,000.00 USD 390.00
67 VERNE, Jules

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.

1883 USD 750.00 - 1,600.00 USD 375.00
24 PECK, John Mason

A guide for emigrants : containing sketches of Illinois, Missouri, and adjacent parts

1843 USD 499.00 - 1,000.00 USD 365.00

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